WINONA, Minn. — A school-record 80 Saint Mary's University student-athletes earned Academic All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference recognition.
 
On Tuesday, the MIAC announced its Academic All-Conference Teams for the full 2020-21 academic year, which included a record 1,777 student-athletes. The previous year-high was 1,494, set last June. 

In order to qualify for Academic All-MIAC status, student-athletes must be sophomores, juniors, or seniors by academic standards with a minimum cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the fall and winter seasons, the typical athletic requirements for those student-athletes to qualify for Academic All-Conference was waived this year. For the spring sports of baseball, softball, and tennis, student-athletes must have competed in 50 percent of their team's regular-season varsity contests. In addition, baseball pitchers who made five appearances or completed 20 innings pitched were eligible for the honor. Golfers must have competed in the MIAC Championships or completed a minimum of 12 competitive rounds in order to be eligible for the honor, while track and field qualifications required student-athletes to qualify for an individual event or compete on a relay team at the Outdoor MIAC Track and Field Championships.

The men's hockey and women's soccer teams led the way for the Cardinals, each boasting 10 academic all-conference selections, while women's basketball, volleyball, and women's track and field were close behind with eight each.
 
Robert Roslund (Vanesborg, Sweden), Nick Nast (Oxnard, Calif.), Tommy Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.), Jack Hatton (Naperville, Ill.), Ryan Stoynich (Calgary, Alberta), Trevor Paradise (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Trevor Wilhelm (St. Louis, Mo.), Brady Lindauer (Cary, Ill.), Sam Hanson (Eau Claire, Wis.), and Parker Swanson (Eden Prairie, Minn.) represented the men's hockey team, while the women's soccer honorees included, Kendall Archer (Draper, Utah), Maya Reichenbacher (La Crosse, Wis.), Lindsey Monet (Rochester, Minn.), Dara Kaiser (Bozeman, Mont.), Emily Schaffer (Hampton, Minn.), Ally Barlow (Appleton, Wis.), Claire Fletcher (Woodbury, Minn.), Nicole Thompson (Riverside, Calif.), Abbi Westhoff (Marion, Iowa), and Jordyn Matthews (Seattle, Wash.).
 
Isabel Bettag (Maple Park, Ill.), Caily Landers (Palos Heights, Ill.), Claire Patterson (Marine, Minn.), Hallie Schmeling (Onalaska, Wis.), Brooklyn Paulson (Holmen, Wis.), Kaitlyn Gross (Spring Grove, Minn.), Jada Biermeier (Eau Claire, Wis.) and Ashley Streveler (Colby, Wis.) represented the SMU women's basketball team; and Linnaea Wallis (Dresser, Wis.), Erin Lime (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Grace Gilles (Apple Valley, Minn.), DeJaye Baab (Wabasha, Minn.), Mandy Schmidt (Mitchell, S.D.), Hannah Skroch (Prior Lake, Minn.), Elisa Amerongen (Woodbury, Minn.), and Larkin Clem (Elk River, Minn.) were named from the Cardinal volleyball team.
 
The eight members of the women's track and field team consisted of, Rachel Ohde (Chetek, Wis.), Rachel Simon (Foley, Minn.), Sydney Klausler (Lakeville, Minn.), Anna Marinc (Carol Stream, Ill.), Emma Ririe (Darien, Ill.) Abrianna Utgaard (Star Prairie, Wis.), Anna Swanson (Osceola, Wis.) and Madison Weis (Annandale, Minn.).

The SMU fastpitch softball team put six players on the team, as did the Cardinal women's hockey team. Representing fastpitch softball were Mackenzie Carey (Prescott, Wis.), Anna Rystrom (Andover, Minn.), Hallie Schmeling (Onalaska, Wis.), Justine Schultz (Winona, Minn.), Teesa Shafranski (Stevens Point, Wis.) and Haley Williams (Littleton, Colo.).
 
The six members of the Saint Mary's women's hockey team included Delaney Wolf (Bismarck, N.D.), Jordan Keeley (St. Peter, Minn.), Jordan Modjeski (South Lyon, Mich.), Carson Sheridan (Waunakee, Wis.), Abigail Painovich (Hinckley, Minn.), and Sydney Green (East Bethel, Minn.), while five members of both the men's soccer team — Cole Van Houten (Pine Island, Minn.), R.J. Vazquez (Antioch, Ill.), Eli Szymanski (La Crosse, Wis.), Wally Barros (Santa Maria da Boa Vista, Brazil), and Jacob Clements (Holmen, Wis.) — and the men's track and field team — Tanner Moris (Crandon Wis.), Gabe Bickerstaff (Rollingstone, Minn.), Coleton Strupp (Holmen, Wis.), Sean Curran (Appleton, Wis.), and Oran Dornelly (Mound, St. Lucia) — also landed academic honors.
 
Along with their track and field academic recognition, Moris, Bickerstaff, Simon, Marinc, Ririe, and Swanson also landed MIAC academic honors as members of the men's and women's cross country teams.
 
Four Cardinal men's basketball players — Zach Kjeseth (Wabasha, Minn.), Tyler Engel (Edgar, Wis.), Hunter Phillips (Minong, Wis.), and Joey White (Bluff Siding, Wis.) — earned spots, while the Saint Mary's list of academic all-conference award-winners also included Colleen Lois (Green Bay, Wis.), Sarrianna Hoffer (Wausau, Wis.), Zoie Becker (St. James, Minn.), and Maddie Dosser (South St. Paul, Minn.) of the women's tennis team; James Green (East Bethel, Minn.), Kodey Kiel (Owatonna, Minn.), Zach Drake (Westby, Wis.), and Andy Tepp (Stevens Point, Wis.) of the baseball team; and Gabe Graves (Littleton, Colo.) and Josh Janssen (Green Bay, Wis.) of the men's tennis team.